Run 156 - Icy run in the Heights

March 23, 2024

As it’s a Saturday, a 6.2 mile route is on the agenda.  Shelley and I texted back and forth and agreed to meet at the north parking lot of Castlerock Park at 7am.  The drive there was telling as the windshield started freezing up and the roads looked slick.  There was a mist of some kind in the air.

The route is a continuation of where I left off earlier in the week.

Like I’ve commented before, running in the Heights is less than exciting.  It’s pretty much all suburbia and not much exciting architecture to spice things up.  The big excitement today though was avoiding the almost invisible ice that had formed on the sidewalks.  It was really slick so we stayed in the streets where we had a little better footing.  Some photos from along the way.

We finished up with just short of our usual 6.2 miles.

Shelley is training for a half marathon and her training schedule has her running a 12-miler today so her plan is to continue on for another 6 miles.  I’d suggested a route that would take her out and back on Wicks to Alkali Creek Road and then a loop around Governors, Babcock, and back on Wicks.  She decided to do that and I decided to get in the first mile with her.  That took me west to just past Harvest Church.  The bike trail is asphalt so not as icy as concrete but there were some spots to avoid.  Here’s a couple photos I shot along the way.

Here’s are the stats for this add-on run.

Run 155 - Around Castlerock Park and then some

March 19, 2024

It’s a Tuesday and I’d usually be on a 7-miler with Jerry but he’s still gone so it’s back to the Heights.  The weather perfect, about 60° and only a very slight breeze.  Here’s the plan:

I parked in the south lot of Castlerock Park.

The streets in this area have a Revolutionary War theme.

Some nice yard art.

Some work being done on this one.

Some of these views could be Anywhere, USA.

There were barking.

I love what the houses in these next two photos have done.  Yellow and purple.  That’s the way to spice up the neighborhood.

Neptune is a dead end with lots of little dead ends.

A city park run under the power lines.

Rather than run back up Neptune, I found a trail back to Governors.

I had to go down Senators to pick up a couple streets.

This is from the end of Judicial.

A fancy house.  I know someone who used to live here.

A view from the end of Aquarius.

Slogging back up the hill on Senators.

Castlerock Middle School.

Looking northwest from Governors.

Governors and Wicks.

This apartment complex off Wicks and Governors had lots of little dead end streets to run.

I finished up at the corner of Wicks and Nutter.  I headed back across the park to where I’d left the car.

I’ll admit that the last mile was tough.  It was getting warm out and I’m not used to that yet.  A good run though and scratched lots of Heights streets off my map.